MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
describes
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
improvements in
digital education technology are providing the means for
people
in nations all around the world
to take courses online.
Massively open online courses are
customarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are several
issues that
e-learning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can institutions
make sure that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can participants
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Australia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
participants
would like
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
ventures.
Researchers want
to perceive how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
need for
facts
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This scholarly new book
also talks about the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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